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Norwich, CT
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Maine Mass Shooting Manhunt Ends After Suspect Found Dead: 'Threat To Public Is Over' Maine Mass Shooting Manhunt Ends After Suspect Found Dead: 'Threat To Public Is Over'
Maine Mass Shooting Manhunt Ends After Suspect Found Dead: 'Threat To Public Is Over' An urgent manhunt that began after 18 people were killed and 14 injured in a mass shooting at two locations in Lewiston, Maine, ended overnight with the discovery of the 40-year-old suspect's body.  Robert Card was found dead in Lisbon, Maine, about a mile from where a white Subaru Outback he was believed to be driving was located at a boat launch. Lisbon is located about 7 miles southeast of Lewiston. Card died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a box trailer in an overflow parking lot at the Maine Recycling Corporation, which is where he once worked, according to authoriti…

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by Joe Lombardi
Massapequa, NY
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COVID-19: Former College Lacrosse All-American, 26, Discharged From Hospital COVID-19: Former College Lacrosse All-American, 26, Discharged From Hospital
Covid-19: Former College Lacrosse All-American, 26, Discharged From Hospital A 26-year-old novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patient and former college lacrosse star in New England whose mother's quest to get him an experimental drug went viral was discharged from a Philadelphia hospital Thursday night. Facebook video of Jack Allard of Metuchen, New Jersey being applauded by doctors and nurses as he's released from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania was posted widely, including here. The video ends with Jack hugging his parents from Ridgewood, New Jersey. Allard was taken off a ventilator and able to take sips of water last weekend. In an earlier interview …

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by Jon Craig
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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VIDEO: College Lacrosse All-American, Coronavirus Survivor, 26, Discharged From Hospital VIDEO: College Lacrosse All-American, Coronavirus Survivor, 26, Discharged From Hospital
Video: College Lacrosse All-American, Coronavirus Survivor, 26, Discharged From Hospital A New Jersey coronavirus patient whose mother's quest to get him an experimental drug went viral was discharged from a Philadelphia hospital Thursday night. A Facebook video shows Methuchen's Jack Allard being applauded by doctors and nurses as he's released from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The video ends with Jack hugging his Ridgewood parents. Allard was taken off a ventilator and able to take sips of water last weekend. In an earlier interview with Daily Voice, Jack's mother, Genny Allard, said she hoped doctors would treat her son with remdesivir, a drug currently …

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by Jon Craig
Fairfield, CT
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Mom Cites 'Incredible' Support For COVID-19 Patient, 25, Ex-College Lacrosse All-American Mom Cites 'Incredible' Support For COVID-19 Patient, 25, Ex-College Lacrosse All-American
Mom Cites 'Incredible' Support For Covid-19 Patient, 25, Ex-College Lacrosse All-American A 25-year-old tristate area novel coronavirus (COVID-19) victim whose mother's quest to get him an experimental drug went viral was airlifted to an intensive care unit at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, she told Daily Voice on Wednesday. March 25. Genny Allard of Ridgewood, New Jersey is hoping doctors will treat her son, former college lacrosse standout Jack Allard of Metuchen, New Jersey with remdesivir, a drug currently in worldwide clinical trials amid claims by patients that it can alleviate severe COVID-19 symptoms. Unfortunately, "Gilead Sciences has halted emergenc…

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by Jon Craig
Edison, NJ
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Critical Patient, 25, From Metuchen Can't Get Experimental COVID-19 Drug, Mom Says Critical Patient, 25, From Metuchen Can't Get Experimental COVID-19 Drug, Mom Says
Critical Patient, 25, From Metuchen Can't Get Experimental Covid-19 Drug, Mom Says UPDATE: A teacher from Ridgewood says she's living a nightmare: Her 25-year-old son is in critical condition at JFK Hospital in Edison, tested positive for COVID-19, but waits for an experimental life-saving drug. Jack Allard of Metuchen first became ill on March 13. His symptoms quickly worsened and he was hospitalized three days later, said his mother, Genny Allard. He tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend and remains in critical condition on a ventilator, she said Monday. Original COVID-19 tests were misplaced by the lab, so the 2012 Ridgewood High School graduate had to…

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by Jon Craig
Fairfield, CT
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Lifelong GE Marketing, Ad Manager Karl L. Koss Of Southport, 91, Was An Accomplished Pianist Lifelong GE Marketing, Ad Manager Karl L. Koss Of Southport, 91, Was An Accomplished Pianist
Lifelong GE Marketing, Ad Manager Karl L. Koss Of Southport, 91, Was An Accomplished Pianist Karl L. Koss, 91, died peacefully at his home in Southport on Oct. 2. He was predeceased by his wife, Janet. He leaves a son, W. Judson Koss with his wife Pamela, as well as a daughter, Gretchen Koss-DeFrank with her wife Polly, along with five grandchildren and two sons-in-law. Surviving family also includes two brothers, Warren Koss and his wife Patricia of North Carolina and Clarence Koss and his wife Helen of New Hampshire. Karl was a 1951 graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, ME, an accomplished curler, a passionate gardener and a lifelong marketing and advertising manager at General…

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